There’s a saying: “Go with the flow.”
We hear it as wisdom. Be flexible. Don’t resist. Adapt.
But nobody tells you the whole truth about that saying.
Only dead fish go with the flow.
The Floating Life
Look around you. Most people are floating.
Not in a peaceful way. In a drowning way.
They wake up. Check their phone. Go to work. Eat what everyone eats. Believe what they’re told. Feel tired. Feel sick. Feel foggy. Scroll more. Sleep poorly. Repeat.
Day after day. Year after year. Decade after decade.
They’re floating downstream, and they don’t even know they’re in water.
The current is comfortable, you see. That’s the trap.
Nobody forces you to float. The current does the work. All you have to do is… nothing. Just accept. Just follow. Just go with what everyone else is doing.
Your family does it. Your friends do it. Your doctor says it’s normal. Your government permits it. The food industry profits from it. The pharmaceutical industry depends on it. Your social media feeds it.
Knowledge and ignorance are both contagious. And ignorance spreads faster because it requires nothing of you.
It requires no questions. No thinking. No resistance. No change.
Just float.
The Comfort of the Current
Why do people float instead of swim?
Because swimming takes energy. Swimming takes awareness. Swimming requires you to ask: Where am I going? Do I want to go there?
Floating is easy.
The modern lifestyle has perfected the current. It pulls you in with:
Money. Keep chasing it. Just float toward the next paycheck. Don’t ask if the work matters. Don’t ask if the money costs your health.
Name. Build your reputation. Just float toward the next achievement. Don’t ask if anyone’s actually watching. Don’t ask if it’s worth the sleep you’re losing.
Fame. Get more followers. Likes. Shares. Just float toward the next viral moment. Don’t ask what’s real anymore. The algorithm decides.
Popularity. Fit in. Eat what everyone eats. Think what everyone thinks. Just float along. Don’t ask uncomfortable questions. Don’t stand out.
And all the while, your body is screaming.
But you don’t listen. You’ve been trained not to listen.
Your body says: I’m exhausted. I need real food. The current whispers: Just drink more coffee.
Your body says: My joints hurt. Something’s wrong. The current whispers: Take this pill. It’s normal at your age.
Your body says: My mind is foggy. I can’t think clearly. The current whispers: Everyone feels this way. You’re fine.
And you believe the whispers. Because the whispers are everywhere. In your doctor’s office. In pharmaceutical commercials. In food industry marketing. In fake health stories on the internet. In the habits of everyone around you.
The current has a thousand voices. All saying the same thing: Don’t think. Just float.
What Floating Actually Costs
But here’s what they don’t tell you about floating:
The current has a destination. And it’s not a good one.
Obesity. Your body gains weight because it’s starving not for calories, but for living food. For real energy. You feed it processed corpses, and it grows larger, searching for something that will actually nourish it.
Diabetes. Your pancreas exhausts itself trying to process dead food. Eventually, it gives up. And you’re told: This is just what happens as you age. No. This is what happens when you float.
Arthritis. Your joints stiffen. Your body inflames. Because processed food creates inflammation. But you don’t make the connection. You just take more pills.
Mental fog. Your mind becomes sluggish. You can’t focus. You can’t think clearly. You attribute it to age or stress. But it’s simpler: Dead food creates a dead mind.
Anger. A fogged mind becomes a reactive mind. You get angry easily. You snap at people. You don’t understand why. It’s because your neural pathways are clogged with processed energy.
Crime. Clear across society, people who are asleep commit more crimes. Desperate minds make desperate choices. Foggy minds can’t see another way. The criminal justice system grows. But nobody connects it back to the floating.
One by one, person by person, the current carries people toward disease, suffering, and desperation.
And somewhere along the way, they forget they ever had a choice.
They forget they can swim.
The Rational Mind They Forgot
You were born with something powerful: a rational mind.
You could see. You could question. You could think for yourself.
But the current teaches you to abandon that. Trust the expert instead of your own body. Trust the commercial instead of your own eyes. Trust the narrative instead of your own experience.
“The science says…” “The doctor recommends…” “Everyone knows…” “It’s just how things are…”
And you stop asking: But is it true?
You stop observing: Is my body actually thriving?
You stop thinking: Do I actually want this life?
You become your own prisoner. Locked in a cell made of comfort and convention. The door is open you could leave anytime but you don’t even see the door anymore.
That’s the real trap of the current.
It’s not that you can’t escape. It’s that you forget you want to.
The Moment Everything Changes
But then something happens.
Sometimes it’s a health scare. Sometimes it’s hitting bottom. Sometimes it’s just getting tired of being tired.
And you ask a simple question: What if I stopped floating?
What if I paid attention to what my body actually needs?
What if I questioned the narratives instead of accepting them?
What if I used my rational mind instead of abandoning it?
What if I chose my direction instead of drifting?
And then you do something radical: You stop going with the flow.
You start swimming.
And the moment you do the moment you start moving with intention instead of drifting everything shifts.
Suddenly, you’re awake.
You notice what you eat. You ask: Is this living food or dead food? Is this feeding me or poisoning me?
You notice how you feel. You listen to your body instead of ignoring it. You make changes based on what you actually observe, not what you’ve been told.
You notice your mind clearing. The fog lifts. Suddenly, you can think again. You can see clearly. You can make choices from clarity instead of confusion.
You notice your energy rising. Your joints stop hurting. Your mood stabilizes. Your body becomes lighter, stronger, more alive.
And most importantly: You realize you’re controlling the direction.
You’re not floating anymore. You’re not drowning anymore.
You’re deep in the water, but you’re swimming. You’re moving with purpose. You’re alive.
And it’s beautiful.
This Is Not About Food
I could tell you to eat raw food. I could give you a list of what to eliminate and what to embrace.
But that would make you another floating person just floating in a different direction, following a different current.
What I’m actually asking is this:
Wake up.
Not to plant-based raw food. Not to any diet or philosophy. To yourself.
To your own rational mind. To your own body’s signals. To your own capacity to choose.
Most people are floating because they’ve abandoned the one tool that could save them: the ability to observe and think for themselves.
When you stop floating, you naturally start asking questions. You naturally start noticing what works and what doesn’t. You naturally start making choices based on your own experience instead of someone else’s narrative.
And when you start listening to your body, paying attention to how different foods affect you, observing what gives you energy and what drains you the answer becomes obvious.
Living food creates living energy. Living energy creates a living mind. A living mind creates a living life.
Plant-based raw food is the natural outcome of waking up, not the starting point.
The Cost of Waking Up
I won’t lie to you. Waking up has a cost.
You have to question things. That’s uncomfortable.
You have to make different choices than the people around you. That’s lonely sometimes.
You have to take responsibility for your own health instead of outsourcing it to doctors and pills. That’s work.
You have to feel the discomfort of change before you feel the relief.
But here’s what you gain:
Your life back.
Your mind is back.
Your body is back.
Your power back.
The choice between floating and swimming is the only choice that actually matters.
Everything else flows from that one decision.
The Question
So here’s my question for you:
Are you floating or swimming?
Are you drifting with the current because it’s comfortable? Or are you moving with intention because you’ve chosen a direction?
Are you accepting the narratives you’ve been fed? Or are you using your rational mind to question them?
Are you ignoring your body’s signals? Or are you listening deeply to what it’s actually telling you?
Are you asleep in a life you didn’t choose? Or are you awake in a life you’re creating?
There’s no judgment in the answer. Most people are floating. It’s not a moral failing. It’s just the path of least resistance.
But if you’re tired of floating, the door is there.
You can start swimming anytime.
You can start observing what actually fuels your body.
You can start listening to your own signals instead of other people’s narratives.
You can start making choices from your own rational mind instead of abandoning it to the current.
And when you do, you’ll discover something: You were never trapped. The door was never locked.
You just forgot you could swim.
Where I Started
Sixteen years ago, I woke up. Not dramatically. Not because I was sick (though I was tired). Just because I got curious.
I asked: What if there’s another way?
And I started swimming.
I started observing what my body actually needed. I started questioning what I’d been told. I started experimenting with living food and noticed the difference.
Today, at 66, I’m a marathon runner. I have zero medications. My mind is clear. My body is vital. My life is mine.
Not because I’m special. But because I stopped floating.
And I want to tell you: You can too.
Not someday. Now.
In Nature We Trust.
Life is Energy. Energy is Life.
The choice between floating and swimming is yours alone to make.
What will you choose?
–Axay Shah
Raw Food Guru
RawFoodiest.com
IN NATURE WE TRUST
*P.S. If this resonates, forward it to someone you love who’s floating. Not to shame them. But to whisper: The door is open. You can swim anytime.
